Kingsbarns
The village of Kingsbarns lies on eastern coast of Fife, Scotland, in an area known as the East Neuk, 6.5 miles southeast of St Andrews and 3.6 miles north of Crail. The name derives from the area being the location of the barns used to store grain before being transported to the Palace at Falkland, Fife.
Folk musician James Yorkston was brought up in Kingsbarns.
The coast around Kingsbarns is also known as a challenging surfing area.
Pitmilly, a former estate that was owned by the Moneypenny family for over seven centuries, is located about 1.5 miles from Kingsbarns on the road to St Andrews. Ruins of two mills and the Bronze Age tumulus, Pitmilly Law, are still evident. Little remains of Pitmilly House.
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[edit] Amenities
An inn has existed in Kingsbarns for centuries, previously offering a place of refuge for pilgrims to St Andrews Cathedral on their journey from the north,[1] today the same site is occupied by an 18th century coaching inn serving a local and international clientele.
The village also has a shop, Post Office, church and primary school.
[edit] Golf
The forming of the Kingsbarns Golfing Society in 1793 began the village's long association with golf, with the course, laid upon land leased from the Cambo Estate, being in use until around 1850 when it was returned to farming. In 1922, Kingsbarns Golf Club was founded, and a nine hole course designed by Willie Auchterlonie was laid out, but in 1939 the land was again returned to farming as an aid to the war effort.
Kingsbarns Golf Links, a man-made links course designed in 2000 by Mark Parsinnen and Kyle Phillips, a world renowned golf course architect, has co-hosted the European Tour's Dunhill Links Championship along with the Old Course at St Andrews and Carnoustie since 2001. In 2007, Kingsbarns hosted the St Andrews and Jacques Léglise trophies.
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[edit] External links
- Kingsbarns - information centre
- Kingsbarns Golf Links - official site
- The Barns at Kingsbarns - official site
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